Solid-end box.



H. B. WALTER;

' SOLID BND BOX I Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

v APPLIOA'EION FILED 00T.'14, 1911. RENEWED DBO. 2B, 1912 1,055,243.

UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE.

HARRISON B. WALTER, 0F DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL 'FIIBREBOX COMPANY, OF DANVILLE,

ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SOLID-END BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application filed October 14, 1911, Seriai'No. 654,645. Renewed December28, 1912. Serial No. 739,1685

To allwhomz't may concern:

Be itlmown that I, Hannrson B. \Vaurnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danville, in county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain-new and useful Improvements in Solid-End Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in solid end boxes, andparticularly to that class known as an end loader.

The object is to provide a card or straw board box capable of beingcollapsed into flat form when shipped, and when used to be setup intorectangular form, having one end thereof fastened into position wherebythe box can be filled from the opposite end and then closed by havingthe solid end in sorted and fastened to the body of the box.

The invention consists in a mat or body' portionof a box, folded on fourparallel lines to form the corners of the box, with one edge overlappinganother and fastened permanently together, in connection with heads orends havingflanged edges, and uniform notches at the angles extending atrifle deeper than the bend, whereby when the flanges are bent'at rightangles to the heads or ends, clearance is formed between the ends ofthese flanges to receive the inwardly extending ribs made by the bendsin the mat at the corners of the box, thus producing an end loading boxmade in three pieces of material. The edges of the flanges are preventedfrom coming together by the formation of a bead formed thereon, the beadof one flange engaging the adjacent beads of the other flanges, causingthe ends or edges of the flanges to be held apart.- When the flanges arebent at right angles to the main portion of the ends, the beads on theflanges will project inwardly, so that when the flanges are foldedvertically, the beads of the adjacent flanges will come together, thuspreventing the flanges from being bent inward upon the end portions andcausing the edges of eachend flange to behold apart,and at the same timeforced in an outward direction, so as to obtain a firm engagement withthe inner wall' of the box. The body of the box is embossed or creasedalong each edge, which embossed portion forms a seat or support for theend members when inserted in the box and prevents the end members frombeing forced into box too far. The embossed portion perlower edge ofthesconng, as at forms an additional 'function, in that it affords ameans for holding the ends in proper position so that they can befastened uniformly to the body of the box.

The inventionfurther consists in certain novel features of constructionand combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the box in itsrectangular form with the ends removed; Fig. 2 is a view of the box inits collapsed, flattened out form; Fig. ,3 is a view of the blankforming one of the ends or heads, showing the scoring -or beading on the-flanges; Fig. l an enlarged detail view of one corner of the box,showing the head applied, and indicating the clearance at the corner ofthe head orend to receive the internal rib at one corner of the box;Fig. 5, is a detail view, showing the-embossed or creased portion aroundthe ed e of the box upon which the heads or ems are mounted Fig. 6 is amodification. I

A, represents the body of the box, which is provided with sides 1,.oneof which sides.

is provided witha' flap 2, nected to another side member ing the four.sides together. The box is creased or scored at the" several corners,forming ribs 3 which extend-inwardly or toward the interior of thebox.The creasing of the box at four predetermined points for formingcorners, allows the box to be readily assembled into the positionindicated in Fig. 1, or in a collapsed condition, as shown in Fig. 2,for sh1pping.';;--T he ends or heads 4 are provided with flangesfl. Theflanges are separated trom each other by notches 6, which are formed atthe four corners of the ends or heads. The flanges are adapted to bebent at right an les to.

the main portion or heads 4 along t eline? 7, and above the line 7 orbeginning at the.

tween the edges of the flanges toreceive theribs 3 of the box. The bead8 is formed preferably by. creasing or scoring the which is conforconnectlot i flanges and folding the flangs" along the 7, causing thebead 8 to pmieotimvurdly. whereby the C"; heads the difierent of theflanges to be held apart n. clearance for the ribs 3 of at the same timepreventing ram being bent inwardly and =1 heads but instead, causing bein an outward directhey will come into closer v the -mills of the boxwhen inii beading or ridge 10 is four sides of the box at eh heads orends 4 o 5" =5; prevent the oeingforced too far into i d a nsane, ofsupport, flanges can fastened to the e box, The flanges 5 can be fasbox.A in any suitable manner, this instance i prefer that an adhecaused toadhere to the inner Wall when inserted. 1* d7; box is folded into a regm, shown in Fig. 1, when it I 1 use the same, and one end is n so thatone end of the be closed, when the box can be the other, end or headinserted for box, the two heads i. forming a s for holding the foursides tothe l Q s are made in a single oi? the box collaps- :L-ometogether, causing the" emme In Fig. 6 I have shown a strip 1 1 extendingalong the inner wall of the sides of the box for forming a. supportingmeans, as a bent at an angle to the main portion of the heads, and abead formed on each of the flanges, each bead engaging the adjacentbeads, whereby the edges of the flanges, will beheld apart for forming aclearance for the ribs upon the insertion of the head in the box. Y

2. A collapsible bo'x comprising a body having internal ribs at thecorners thereof, heads having notches at the corners thereof, flangesformed on the heads, beads on the flanges, each bea'dengaging the beadsof the adjacent flanges when the flanges are brought to an angle to theheads, whereby the endsof the flanges will be prevented from comingtogether for forming a clearance for the ribs of the box.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signs ture, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRISON B. WALTER.

Witnesses i I CLARIBEL BULLOCK, J. C. BRAOEWELL.

